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UNCOVERED: Mark menzies - The Untold Story

Ungovernable by Simon Hart review: A tale of brothels, backbiting, and Conservative politics

The revelations are out from Simon Hart’s book: The Political Diaries of a Chief Whip. There’s the one about being woken at 4am by an MP who was being held in a Bayswater brothel by blackmailers, not to be confused with another MP, Mark Menzies, who found it difficult to…

Evening Standard

Tories don't deserve criticism for handling of disgraced MP Mark Menzies, says Cabinet minister

Deputy Foreign Secretary Andrew Mitchell: ‘We tried to get the balance right’

Evening Standard

British Lawmaker Resigns Amid Campaign Funds Scandal

British lawmaker resigns over campaign fund misuse allegations, raising ethical concerns in Conservative Party ahead of general election.

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Ignorance still stalks the land

Brief letters: Beveridge’s giants | Carers | Cash-strapped Tories | Early Christmas | Bird’s birthday

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Former Tory MP Mark Menzies quits amid claims he misused party funds

Conservative party inquiry found a ‘pattern of behaviour’ that had fallen below the standard expected of MPs

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Andrew Neil needs to be more Vorderman, less Voldemort

Larger-than-life TV personalities should be using their fame to highlight the connections between thinktanks, media outlets and policymakers – not pretend they don’t exist

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‘You can’t rule out a complete panicked meltdown’: Tories fear wipeout after another disastrous week

Infighting, suspensions and bizarre allegations have dogged efforts to restore order as the party prepares for May’s byelections

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Police 'reviewing letter' about Tory MP Mark Menzies after alleged misuse of funds

Lancashire Police says it is in the ‘process of reviewing available information in more detail’

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Tory activist ‘appalled’ by party’s response to Mark Menzies claims

Katie Fieldhouse says Conservative party failed to act after she reported incident in early January

The Guardian - UK

Friday briefing: The many scandals rocking Westminster, explained

In today’s newsletter: The number of MPs who have lost their party’s whip now totals 18. The damage to public trust could be even more widespread

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Tory decline: splits, sleaze and a rush for the exit

Editorial: Fresh allegations against a backbench MP highlight an end-of-era atmosphere in the Conservative party

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Police to contact Tory MP Mark Menzies over campaign fund misuse allegations

Development follows Labour calling for investigation into Tory MP alleged to have misused funds to pay off ‘bad people’

The Guardian - UK

Losing the whip: who are the 18 UK MPs sitting as independents?

There are now more independents suspended by their parties than Lib Dems in the House of Commons

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OPINION - Mark Menzies and the Tory scandals: sensational fun, but pity us poor voters

There is no getting away from Karl Marx’s gag about history beginning as tragedy and ending as farce. When the only thing we can think about when it comes to the Government is a mesmerising sex scandal, we really are in John Major 1997 territory.

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Messi business: how ‘sportswashing’ could land Saudi Arabia the 2030 World Cup

Qatar has written the playbook on how to further geopolitical aims by hosting a Fifa event. Riyadh is taking notes

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Truss and Kwarteng will face fury of Tory MPs in week of crisis meetings

The PM and chancellor will try to stop panic spreading through the party after their high-risk economic plan threatens a ‘death spiral’

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‘It sounds like you don’t know’: Liz Truss falters on fracking consent question

Asked what local consent looks like, PM hesitates and says she will make sure there is local consent

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Liz Truss 'taken apart' in BBC radio interview as she 'crumbles under pressure'

"No wonder she went into hiding. Astonishingly bad interview"

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Daily Record

What Liz Truss said to every BBC radio station during car crash round of interviews

The Prime Minister attempted to address concerns surrounding her mini budget in the House of Commons last week.

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Rees-Mogg should make his constituency first to be fracked, says Tory MP

Mark Menzies challenges business secretary to ‘lead by example’ and start drilling in North East Somerset

The Guardian - UK

Tory MPs angrily challenge Rees-Mogg’s fracking revival plan

Energy secretary considers bypassing local planning rules as backbenchers voice opposition

Daily Mirror

Jacob Rees-Mogg blasted by both sides over fracking as he claims PUTIN funds his critics

The Business Secretary made the claim as furious Tories and opposition MPs questioned how local consent over fracking will be established and the safety of the process.

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‘We will oppose this’: Truss fracking plans met with anger and dismay in Lancashire

Preston New Road activists promise to regroup to fight Cuadrilla until fracking in UK is banned for good

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